Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimes
The US supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from the Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of her sex-trafficking conviction.
The decision brings an end to Maxwell’s legal effort to have her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges overturned – and leaves presidential clemency as her only option for early release from a 20-year prison sentence handed to her in 2022.
“We’re, of course, deeply disappointed that the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s case,” Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, said in a statement to CNN. “But this fight isn’t over. Serious legal and factual issues remain, and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done.”
The decision also leaves Maxwell, 63, as the only person to be convicted on charges related to Epstein’s two-decade sex-trafficking operation, despite mounting pressure from across the US political spectrum for other alleged co-conspirators – or clients of the conspiracy – to be brought to justice.
